The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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ELECTION OFFICIALS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2453)
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§ 2453. Duties of presiding officer
The presiding officer shall be responsible for preparation of polling places and voting
equipment, opening and closing the polls, scheduling the working hours of all election
officials, counting votes and certifying the results of the count, securing all ballots,
maintaining order at the polls, and in all things assuring that the election is conducted
according to law. If it is necessary for the presiding officer to be absent from
the polling place during any part of the election, he or she shall designate another
to act in his or her stead until he or she returns. The presiding officer shall make
every reasonable effort to assure that at least one election official from each major
party is present at the polling place at all times. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 40.)